Arabesque From the Movements of Glass

Arabesque is an exhibition presenting for the first time works by designer Renáta Jakowleff that have been created with the aid of a new innovation in glass.

The movements of molten glass and the seemingly independent ability of the material to create forms and structures have always interested Jakowleff.

Most of the works are based on experiments with movement in molten glass and the representation of movement.

Since 2006 Renáta Jakowleff has studied a glassmaking technique that she has developed and which she calls profile working.

She has received financial support for the project from the National Council for Design.

"In my innovation, cast hot glass is moved vertically with metal mould profiles until the flowing wall of glass solidifies into shape from contact with the air.

This avoids the unfortunate marks left by contacts with the mould, thus making the material thin and clear like blown glass," says designer Renáta Jakowleff.

Making glass with metal profiles permits a completely new language of form and new decoration.

In principle, the profiles that are used can be of any shape at all, and the glass will reproduce the chosen section.